Is the discussion board becoming more ranchy?
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
I have been posting on here for about 10 years. I have seen a lot of guys come and go.But I have notice a gradual change in the content of the discussions. Posters are coming out of the closets with racier stories than I ever heard 10 years ago.
I am not complaining. It is change for the good. keeps things more exciting and interesting. Personal attacks have also increased. Not a good thing. Your opinion?
I am not complaining. It is change for the good. keeps things more exciting and interesting. Personal attacks have also increased. Not a good thing. Your opinion?
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There may be an increase in raunchiness and there may be a connection to the level of incresaed activity in many clubs. A good thing in my opinion.
There is no justification for personal attacks. It isn't entertaining, and it provides no useful information. This site isn't about political beliefs and conspiracy theories either. Most posters treat each other with an amazing amount of respect. A little ribbing now and then, but overall a very cordial bunch. Sometimes I expect you to step out of the screen for a moment to introduce yourself and shake my hand...
Are the racier stories offensive? We're big kids we can deal with an occasional R rating.
1. We've discussed just about everything we can, new topics are harder to find.
2. The sites getting more popular, and possibly attracting a younger, slightly less dignified (myself included) base.
3. I've seen personal attacks since I started here, frankly I don't think they're any more intense than usual.
There are probably more (and younger) people who are posting now that grew up texting and blogging, and they're probably used to being cruder when writing.
But there is definitely more action in the clubs than there used to be. Ten years ago, the only places I knew to reliably get heavy extras were the O'Farrell Theater in SF and some competitors. I'm not saying I've been everywhere, but they seemed like an outlier. Now there are tons of clubs that have private rooms where you can easily get off. Maybe you combine that with a tough economy and you have girls really going past what they would normally do.
I don't have history here, but I actually think this board is very civil compared to other discussion groups.
As for the attacks, who cares. I can skip over them if I want.
You are one of the few that has been here longer than I have. I really haven't noticed a difference other than a few are useless and boring.
A real nice change of pace with lopaw and jj.